Edward was
born December 27, 1880 at Hillingdon,
Edward came
to
In 1903
Edward moved to
what is now
the Ev Culp farm.
One year
there was a very bad winter when most ranchers lost most of their cattle.
Edward's cattle didn't die as he was constantly out on the range helping them.
The next summer most of the ranchers were selling their cattle at a very low
price as they were afraid there would be another bad winter. He borrowed money
to buy more cattle. The next winter was very mild so all his cattle grow fat and
he was able to sell them for a high price.
In 1905 his
brother Arthur Josiah
Gregory joined him to form a ranching partnership. Arthur had
a little store in Irricana and later bought the farm with Edward known as the
Carlson farm at S1/2 27-27-26 W4, just two miles northeast of Irricana. In 1913
the Gregory brothers sold the Crossfield ranch. (or 1906 according to David.)
The Gregory
brothers in 1912 purchased "The Highland Ranch" located west of
When
helping Arthur with his store in Irricana in 1912, Edward met Ellen Rhoda Fowler who was visiting
her brothers Grosert Fowler and Bert Fowler in Irricana. At the time she was
attending a teacher's training college in
The
brothers sold the ranch in 1917 to Jack Drumheller. The ranch is now owned by
John Cross of the A7 Ranch but to this day is still called the Gregory
Ranch.
Between
1917 and 1919 Edward had a real estate agency in
In 1919 the
Gregory Brothers bought the Werrina Ranch located nine miles east of Irricana
from Captain Moore, an Australian. This ranch, then known as the Irricana ranch,
was about 2,300 acres and although smaller than the Nanton ranch, it was much
better land. There was a small creek running through it called Rosebud Creek.
The only trees in the area grew along the creek. At this ranch they built up one
of the finest herds of Aberdeen-Angus cattle in
In 1922 the
Gregory Brothers sold their other farm northeast of Irricana to Carl Arthur and
Anna Carlson.
During the
next few years the Gregory Brothers retained the top ten heifers for breeding
purposes and no money was spared in acquiring the very best Herd Sires. The
Gregory Brothers herd of purebred Aberdeen-Angus cattle won grand Championship
honours at the Calgary Stock Show and
Edward and
Ellen lived on the Irricana ranch from 1919 to 1924 and then moved to a house at
1720 - 9A Street in
The family
moved to Vancouver, B. C. in 1937, moving into a house at 1367
- West 47 Avenue, two blocks from
Edward was
very hard on Rhoda, his first child because he wanted sons. He expected a lot
from his first son. Edward often took Joe into a room alone for talks and became
aware that he was frightening him by the fact that young Joe would turn pale at
the sound of his voice.
The Gregory
Bros. won the Grand Championship honours at the Moose Jaw Stocker Show three
consecutive years, 1939, 1940 and 1941. Their 1942 and 1943 stock was sold to
Ray Martin of
The Gregory
Brothers won the Stockyards Trophy at the Saskatchewan Feeder Show and the J. H.
Grayson Trophy in
The Gregory
Brothers also had a herd of registered Percheron horses. These horses were
prized by farmers of the area. To the present day the John Cross A-7 ranch still
has a large number of Percheron horses.
Arthur
Gregory maintained the Irricana ranch until they sold it in 1946 to Les Kent. On
June 4, 1946, the Gregory brothers had a 'Dispersion Sale' where their
Aberdeen-Angus cattle were auctioned off.
Edward
Gregory had a stroke in 1963 and died April 6, 1966 at the age of 85 at
Vancouver, B. C. He is interred at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burnaby, B.
C.
SOURCES: Birth
Certificate.
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